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  1. Re:in fact on Diablo 3 To Be Released On May 15th · · Score: 1

    I think someone is fucking around with your caps lock. Be wary of intruders.

  2. Re:So PvP delay and a new skill and rune systems on Diablo 3 To Be Released On May 15th · · Score: 1

    The cooldown is still there, as of last weekend.

  3. Re:How ergonomic! on The Windows 8 Power Struggle: Metro Vs Desktop · · Score: 1

    Run it in windowed fullscreen mode. I have Win7 64, and if I get an IM, or want to switch tunes, I just move to the other screen and click something, then click back on WoW and continue playing. Fullscreen will generally run better, but I get a solid 60fps in windowed fullscreen with a mid-range (now probably sub-midrange) gfx card with everything maxed out, so it makes little to no difference to me.

    If that doesn't fix it, then the fault will lie elsewhere.

  4. Re:Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince and you're a mark on Nigerian Scam Artists Taken For $33,000 · · Score: 1

    Be glad you don't have a yahoo account. I get 10-20 emails a day in languages I don't even recognise. It would be awesome if they had a system to block mails in non-, but alas, they do not, so I can barely bring myself to log into it these days.

  5. Re:Pigeon Brained in the Land of the Boneheads on Hunters Shoot Down Drone of Animal Rights Group · · Score: 1

    So you're the second 'dimest', right?

  6. Re:Sounds legit on SSD Latency, Error Rates May Spell Bleak Future · · Score: 1

    I learned something today. Thank you :)

  7. Re:Sounds legit on SSD Latency, Error Rates May Spell Bleak Future · · Score: 1

    Ah Aluminum. Like Uranum ;)

    Weird that out of the whole periodic table Aluminum/ium is the only one we can't agree on.

    Either way, Good day, sir.

  8. Re:Why Apple is good on Apple Forcing IT Shops To 'Adapt Or Die' · · Score: 1

    Better in that MP cheating is far less prevalent.

    Also, SSX is PS3 only.

    Other than that, fuck that shit. I have all 3 current gen consoles, and they're barely getting a look in. If a game is available on the PC, I'll never get the console version.

  9. Re:Hrrm on Exploits Emerge For Linux Privilege Escalation Flaw · · Score: 2

    You had your retina locked in a box? Holy shit.

  10. Re:Yeah...but on How the US Lost Out On iPhone Work · · Score: 1

    When we pass our buddies on the road, we get to high five with the right hand, the proper hand.

  11. Re:And they wonder why people pirate on Ubisoft Has Windows-Style Hardware-Based DRM For Games · · Score: 1

    There's a GFWL patch easily available for GTA4. It's the first thing I did after getting it on Steam.

  12. Re:A Diablo with no mouse clicking? on Diablo 3 Coming To Consoles · · Score: 1

    walk-over pickup and the loot-pet only work with money, actual items still need to be clicked. Or they did in the last iteration of the beta I played.

  13. Re:Almost Always User Error on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    It really is.

    You can have more than one source supply power to a light bulb. In the case of the brakes, it's a physical switch. In the case of the hazard lights, it's a physical switch linked to a relay. The ABS only comes into play when the computer detects a wheel lock-up, and it does it by reducing the braking pressure, in pulses. If there is no computer response, then the brakes will apply normally.

    My car is ~6 months old (and Japanese). It has a physical switch for the brake lights. As did the 10+ cars before that.

    Braking *has* to be a mechanical system. If the computer that controls your fly-by-wire goes up the shitter, then you would be left with a car than cannot be stopped, unless you're lucky enough to be going up a hill. Nobody would sign off on such a thing. There is a chance the brake servo may not work, but it's very unlikely, as there have been brake servos long before there were ECUs, and I can't think of a good reason to try to make a brake servo electronic.

    If this womans brake lights came on at all, then all the time they did not come on, she was NOT braking.

    What happened with your father in law is likely different. I had a Peugeot that would also rev itself, but only at idle. This was most likely due to a faulty sensor, as it would be alright after a service, and other people I know with similar age peugeots had the same thing. A solution for your father in law would be to take it out of gear and apply the handbrake when he's stopped, like his instructor probably mentioned.

  14. Re:Not more safe on Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look · · Score: 1

    The problem is that 'bad users' may not know any of this, and when a window comes up that says 'enter root password to install software', they will happily type it in. If it says 'You need to enter the root password on initial execution', they will type it in there too, as long as the end result is pictures of Shakira, or whoever the fuck.

  15. Re:Not more safe on Malware Found Hidden In Screensaver On Gnome-Look · · Score: 0, Troll

    Shame there's not a patch for being an antisocial elitist.

  16. Re:Directory Opus has a built in secure wipe facil on "Accidental" Download Sending 22-Year-Old Man To Prison · · Score: 1

    Aside from all the porn-deleting goodies, it's actually a fantastic file manager. Options out the wazoo, scriptable, extendable, and configurable down to the pixel.

    I don't leave home without it.

  17. Re:Bill Itself: 220-215 on Landmark Health Insurance Bill Passes House · · Score: 1

    You can't respond to quotes you made up yourself, you retarded fucking cretin.

  18. Re:Who wants to update?? on Mac OS X 10.6.2 Will Block Atom Processors · · Score: 1

    The 'X just called and wants X' meme just tweeted that you need to go back to the nineties when it was only 10 years old.

  19. Re:First pirate! on App Store Developer Speaks Out On Game Piracy · · Score: 1

    I'm sure I remember him (mIRC creator) saying at one point that he would be risher if he'd worked at McDonalds.

    A shame. If he got even $0.50 per copy downloaded, or had adverts, he'd be as rich as shit.

  20. Re:Vodka on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1

    Agreed. The Windows 7 explorer isn't great for me. It's better than the Vista one, but it's still not enough.

    I'm a fan of Directory Opus, an old Amiga throwback that has more options than you'd know what to do with. Price is competetive too. I've been using it since XP. Simply having favourites is enough for most people. The built in viewers and plug in options will be enough for every one else.

    Google for it, you won't be disappointed.

    To be honest, shitty file explorers are one of the reason I hate my Mac, and can't be arsed to install another release of Linux.

  21. Re:Vodka on A Tale of Two Windows 7s · · Score: 1

    Easy on the rage-tears there, chief. Wouldn't want you to short circuit anything, and perhaps, die. Would we?

  22. Re:It isn't just licensing costs... on IBM's Answer To Windows 7 Is Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    Watch out, he'll call you a 'fanboi' next. Or a shill. Those are good counter-arguments around here, right?

  23. Re:More choice means more flexibility on 50+ Android Phones Expected In Near Future · · Score: 1

    TouchFlo was a dog. I was so glad when I disabled it.

  24. Re:IBM's hardware vendor mind is taking over on IBM's Answer To Windows 7 Is Ubuntu Linux · · Score: 1

    People write software for 'Nix because they need to do something, and nobody else wrote a program for it.

    People write software for Macs because they need to do something, and think it would be funny to charge a fortune to let other people use it ($20-30 for a tool to unfuck the mouse acceleration)

    People write software for Windows because they like money.

  25. Re:Or 120GB for $54.99 on Xbox 360 Update Will Lock Out Unauthorized Storage · · Score: 1

    On the PS3, it's locked to your PSN account.

    The copy you downloaded is locked to your console, but if you get a new console, you can just download it again. This is how the PSN game sharing works.

    I have the other consoles, but I have no idea what the DL policy is.